260C.5 - DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.
260C.5 DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.
The director shall:
1. Designate a community college as an "area vocational
education school" within the meaning of, and for the purpose of
administering, the Act of Congress designated the "Vocational
Education Act of 1963". A community college shall not be so
designated by the director of the department of education for the
expenditure of funds under 20 U.S.C. §35c(a)(5), which has not been
designated and classified as a community college by the state board.
2. Change boundaries of director districts in a merged area when
the board fails to change boundaries as required by law.
3. Make changes in boundaries of merged areas with the approval
of the board of directors of each merged area affected by the change.
When the boundaries of a merged area are changed, the director of the
department of education may authorize the board of directors of the
merged area to levy additional taxes upon the property within the
merged area, or any part of the merged area, and distribute the taxes
so that all parts of the merged area are paying their share toward
the support of the college.
4. Administer, allocate, and disburse federal or state funds made
available to pay a portion of the cost of acquiring sites for and
constructing, acquiring, or remodeling facilities for community
colleges, and establish priorities for the use of such funds.
5. Administer, allocate, and disburse federal or state funds
available to pay a portion of the operating costs of community
colleges.
6. Propose administrative rules to carry out this chapter subject
to approval of the state board.
7. Enter into contracts with local school boards within the area
that have and maintain a technical or vocational high school and with
private schools or colleges in the cooperative or merged areas to
provide courses or programs of study in addition to or as a part of
the curriculum made available in the community college.
8. Make arrangements with boards of merged areas and local school
districts to permit students attending high school to participate in
vocational-technical programs and advanced college placement courses
and obtain credit for such participation for application toward the
completion of a high school diploma. The granting of credit is
subject to the approval of the director of the department of
education.
9. Prescribe a uniform system of accounting for community
colleges.
10. Ensure that community colleges that provide intercollegiate
athletics as a part of their program comply with section 216.9. Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 280A.25; 82 Acts, ch 1136, § 11]
Section History: Recent Form
85 Acts, ch 212, § 12; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1470; 87 Acts, ch 115,
§41; 87 Acts, ch 224, §57, 58; 90 Acts, ch 1253, § 36
C93, § 260C.25
93 Acts, ch 82, § 4
C95, §260C.5
2002 Acts, ch 1140, §13
Referred to in § 260C.43